Paige Olmsted
John Driscoll part of team winning 2016 Murray A. Newman Award!
The Vancouver Aquarium’s Murray A. Newman Award is for significant achievement in aquatic conservation. This award is shared by the team of environmentalists and fishing industry representatives that negotiated the British Columbia bottom trawl habitat management agreement.
Welcome Danny Karp, new Killam Postdoc!
CHANS lab welcomes Danny Karp, from Stanford and UC Berkeley, who will be joining the FuturAgua project.
Policy Forum in Science with Paige
CHANS lab PhD Student Paige Olmsted was part of a global analysis of Payments for Ecosystem Services programs, which resulted in this piece in Science this week calling for improved understanding and inclusion of ecological principles and considerations in project design.
Kai to speak on IPBES panel in DC
On November 14th Kai will be speaking on a panel coordinated by United Nations Environment Program and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and hosted by the French Embassy in Washington DC.
New Publication in PLOS ONE
Sea Otters in rocky intertidal ecosystems are the topic of the article by Gerald, Becca, Kai and other collaborators that came out this week. pdf
Paige spoke at Grabbing Green conference in Toronto
Paige Olmsted was among a diverse group of scholars and practitioners at U of T who participated in two days of panels and discussion focusing on the role of the “Green Economy” in achieving sustainability.
Gerald giving invited presentation on science advocacy work in Calgary
Gerald will be presenting results from the science advocacy work at the International Association for Impact Assessment meeting in Calgary, May 13-16.
Ed is Canada’s Next Top Model(ler)
During the week of April 22-26 Ed participated in an Ecopath programming course hosted by the UBC Fisheries Center.
Mollie and Paige are new Liu Scholars!
Joining several other lab members, ChansLab PhD students Mollie Chapman and Paige Olmsted have been invited to join the Liu Scholar program of the Liu Institute for Global Issues.
Kai and Paige launch initiative at AAAS meeting in Boston
As part of the symposium, “Getting to Global Ecological Sustainability”, Kai’s presentation introduced an initiative for a socio-eco movement. Learn more about it on the CHANS lab blog. Blog post